Blog #5

I created a Del.ic.io.us account that displays websites that either interest me professionally or that I visit often. As a future Business Education teacher I feel that the majority of these sites will help me stay current with the future trends in business and technology. I also added two blogs that I visit often to help me stay informed about education. Like others in this class I am not much of a blogger, but I did find it interesting to check out other blogs not associated with our class. I think it would be a great idea to check out educational blogs to get ideas from other teachers.


I commented on Krystle's Blog and Peg's Blog.

I commented on Scott's Blog, and Josh's Blog.

Blog #4

The concept of "fair use" is basically a way to use content based on exceptions and limitations of copywright laws. So people like us, can use images that we got off the web, instead of creating our own. Liquid Library is a website that offers interesting images for use with alternative copyrights. Molecular Expressions is another site that anyone can use to find interesting images. Creative Commons licensing lets authors, educators, artists, and others use tools to easily mark their own work. This gives them the option to mark their copyright terms as "All Rights Reserved" or "Some Rights Reserved."

I would just like to say that my thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of the Virginia Tech community. I am so sorry for your loss.

Meet the new addition to the Brenning Family.....Jetta Layne Brenning

I commented on Laura's and Connor's web page.

Blog #3

I plan to create a website that is accessible to my students when I begin teaching. It will be centered around the subject I plan to teach, which is Business Foundations. This class will contain all Microsoft Office applications, web design, Photoshop, Publisher, Illustrator, and other computer based information. I will have links to other information about business and other uses of technology. I want the website to be very user friendly to everyone who visits. It will contain information about my background, and education. I will have categories that will be easy for my students and their parents to access things like grades, assignments, articles, guest speakers, and upcoming events. I chose to include all of this information because I would like to be able to use this website when I teach. I wil obviously tweak some things, but the basic idea will stay the same. The overall look that I am going for is a very structured site with computer and class information.

I commented on both Karl's Blog and Josh's Blog today.

Blog #2

My first favorite website would have to be the Atlanta Braves website. I have been a Braves fan since I was very young, and I like to check out players stats, schedules, standings, and other facts about the team. I find this site very user-friendly, and helpful when I am interested in how particular players are performing. This site also has links to other teams in the National and American Leagues, which is nice when you want to find out how the upcoming competition has been performing lately. The web page has easy to read font, and easy to use "global navigation tabs." This site helps me stay connected and informed about the "best team in baseball." haha.

My second favorite site would have to be J.J. Huddle. I enjoy checking this site out from time to time for a.......time when I need a laugh. I have helped coach my home town's high school softball team for the last two years, and Urbana Softball is always mentioned on this site. The message board is always briming with ideas on who will be the team to beat each season. It is always nice to see many comments from people who haven't the slightest idea how to even play the game of softball, let alone comment on it. The site also includes updated scores, rankings, and pictures. It is easy to navigate, and includes font that is easy to read.

My third favorite site would be CNN. I like to visit this site to find out the important breaking news in the U.S., World, Weather, and Entertainment. This site is user-friendly, by allowing users to search for news, click on the recent top stories, and/or click on the subject they wish to look for stories. It also contains links to other top news sites. I use this site as my connection to the top stories around the world, when I am not near a television. The font is easy to read with bold letters for the important pieces, and colored text to separate the links from one another.

I commented on Janet's and Adam's blog.

Blog #1

Hi! My name is Tia Brenning, and I am in the Business Education Licensure Program at OSU. I have a Marketing Undergraduate Degree from Tennessee Tech University. I have decided to go back to school to receive a licensure and masters degree to teach Business Ed classes on the high school level. Some other things that have influenced my decision to go back to school, are helping out high school softball and volleyball program in my home town of Urbana, Oh.

I am very excited about using web design in this class, and in my future classroom. I have already created my own website for a Marketing Research class I took in my undergrad. We learned a lot of interesting techniques and tools to enhance a website. I am really looking forward to allowing my students to use their imaginations by setting up their personal websites. In my personal life I use the internet for emailing, for my classes, to stay connected with friends and professors, and classmates. I talk to friends and family through instant messenger quite a bit in my spare time. In my professional life I do a lot of substitute teaching, and I am required to search for open positions as they are posted online. I also plan to make my own website in order to keep students, parents, administrators, and other teachers informed about what is going on in my class. I will post homework, projects, and other outlines about the class.

I have used javascript and html while creating my first website in my marketing class. I am by no means an expert in any of these areas. We did our webpage development in Geocities, which is on the Yahoo hompage. I plan to use this course as a refresher class to further develop my webpage developing skills. Once, I can master these areas, I will be able to better serve, and assist my students.

My website is full of Marketing links, and information about me. I haven't updated the site in awhile, and it is full of requirements specified by our instructor. I am very excited to create a brand new website that I will be able to use in my future class.